Comcast unveils XClass streaming TV — everything you need to know

Comcast unveils XClass streaming TV — everything yous need to know

(Image credit: Hisense)

Comcast is making a new play to arrive living rooms with the launch of XClass TV, a Comcast-powered smart TV made in partnership with Hisense. The new 4K smart TVs are similar to the Heaven Drinking glass TVs launched before this month by the Comcast-owned Heaven Television set in Europe, bringing subscription TV and a wealth of streaming options into a single device.

Comcast is making a like move in the U.s. with the new XClass TV, a smart TV that combines streaming, on need, circulate and cablevision options, fifty-fifty for people who aren't Xfinity customers or who alive in areas without Comcast service.

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Building these capabilities into a 4K smart Television set, Comcast is hoping to keep itself at the center of your dwelling house entertainment feel. By offering a total-featured smart TV with access to services like Peacock (which is owned past NBCUniversal, a Comcast company), the new smart sets will aid maintain Comcast's foothold in your living room, even as streaming services get the dominant source of Television and movies in about homes. The Television set even comes with 12 months of Peacock Premium included with the purchase price.

Hisense is making the first Comcast-powered XClass smart TV — (Image credit: Hisense)

The XClass smart Telly platform is Comcast'southward answer to other branded smart Telly software, like LG'southward webOS, Amazon Burn down Tv or the recently re-branded Google Television. The position between a Goggle box viewer and the content they scout is a lucrative 1, letting platform owners deliver ads, promote specific services, products and content that these companies profit from, and gather detailed information about viewing on the level of a household or private.

The new XClass platform likewise features universal search across all the different services hosted on the Idiot box, and features vocalisation search with a mic-enabled remote command.

Aside from promoting its ain content and services, the thought hither is that Comcast's XClass TVs can deliver a smart Telly that offers all of the major apps and services you want – the press materials specifically mention major apps like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Hulu, Disney Plus, Peacock, Discovery Plus, Spotify and YouTube.

XClass TV remote — (Image credit: Hisense)

Defended streaming apps are in the works from both Xfinity and Lease, and will be launching on XClass TVs in the coming months. In a printing release from Comcast, it highlights that these various streaming options will bring together the multichannel streaming services already available on smart TVs (including the new XClass models), which include cable replacement services like YouTube Television and Sling Boob tube.

The TVs are manufactured by Hisense, delivering the aforementioned sort of 4K displays and features similar HDR (with Dolby Vision, HDR10), and impressive sound with DTS Virtual: X and Dolby Atmos audio, bringing them in line with some of the all-time TVs on the market place today.

While technically office of the Hisense A6GX model line, the new models will be branded as XClass TVs, featuring Comcast's new proprietary smart Tv set interface. The Goggle box itself appears to be what we'd expect for an affordable smart Television, boasting 4K resolution, HDR back up, Direct LED backlighting and 60Hz refresh rates. So they won't be delivering a premium Goggle box experience, but volition still compete with affordable sets from Vizio and other branded options like Amazon Fire TVs.

The kickoff Hisense-made XClass TVs are available now, selling through Walmart.com and select Walmart stores. The 50-inch model (the Hisense 50A6GX) is available now for $348, with a 43-inch model coming soon, which volition sell for $298. Tough selling at only a limited number of locations today, the new TVs will be available nationwide in short social club, with a gradual rollout to the rest of the country in the coming weeks.

Brian Westover is an Editor at Tom'southward Guide, roofing everything from TVs to the latest PCs. Prior to joining Tom'south Guide, he wrote for TopTenReviews and PCMag.